Associations to the word «Scuttlebutt»

Wiktionary

SCUTTLEBUTT, noun. (nautical) (countable) A butt with a scuttle, a keg of drinking water with a hole cut in it, on board ship.
SCUTTLEBUTT, noun. (informal) (uncountable) Gossip, rumour, idle chatter.

Dictionary definition

SCUTTLEBUTT, noun. A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King